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NewsGovernment to press on with PFI housing
Government launches seven PFI housing schemes as part £1.2bn, three year programme.
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Tesco tunnel collapse causes rail chaos
Tesco launches investigation with its engineer contractors following the collapse at superstore site.
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Government bails out NHS trust with PFI supplement
Health department sets precedent by giving London hospital £45m extra to meet cost of new PFI facilities.
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Social housing firms urged to cut profits
Housing Corporation chairman Peter Dixon expects to squeeze profits up to 10%
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Whitehall to be told industry can deliver nuclear plans
Banks explore ways to fund a new-build power station programme as ministers prepare for autumn debate.
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Air vs energy
Part F, which deals with ventilation, could be in direct conflict with Part L, which requires airtightness to cut carbon emissions. So how will the ODPM get them working together? Hywel Davies, research manager at CIBSE, has some answers
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Waste or space?
The full impact of changes three years ago to Part H - dealing with drainage and waste disposal - is only now being felt as housebuilders try to make better use of land and deliver high-density schemes. Nick Orman of the WRC Group explains
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Access all areas
The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers outlines the three key areas where discrepancies between the access requirements of the Building Regulations and the British Standards have just been ironed out
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Regs rewired
Part P rewrote the rules on domestic electrical installations. Self-certification avoids the need for local authority inspections, and several schemes now make this possible. Alex Smith, with a little help from the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting, offers a guide to what's available
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The future's scottish
Scotland has given its building regulations a root and branch overhaul. Good news for Scottish designers who can ditch by-the-book designs, and a possible taste of what's to come for their colleagues in England and Wales.
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Playing it safe
Sarah Richardson rounds up the latest changes to health and safety regulations, including the recently introduced vibration directive
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NewsRogers bags Docklands wharf masterplan
Architect Richard Rogers has won the race to pick up one of the most prestigious masterplans in the country, the £2bn Wood Wharf scheme in London Docklands
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District surveyors vote for link with building control
Members of the District Surveyors Association have voted to merge with the Local Authority Building Control Services.
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Bolkestein talks imminent
Officials from European construction organisations are to meet the government in an attempt to protect the industry from the effects of the European Union Services Directive, also known as the Bolkestein directive.
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NewsCurzon call
Architect Hamilton Associates will this month submit its Curzon Park masterplan in Birmingham for planning permission.
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NewsGovernment bails out NHS trust with ‘PFI supplement’
Health department sets precedent by giving London hospital £45m extra to meet cost of new PFI facilities
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Morrell plans school delivery forum
Paul Morrell, the president of the British Council of Offices, is looking to set up a similar industry forum to facilitate the government’s £5bn school building programme